Steven E. Boyer

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Steven E. Boyer lives in Tacoma, Washington, USA, and conducts a consulting practice, as well as teaching compressional tectonics courses. His principal expertise is the geometric and kinematic interpretation of geologic structures through integration of surface and subsurface data. Steven received his BS in Geology from Bucknell University in 1972, and his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 1978. He was employed in the petroleum industry as an explorationist, development geologist and researcher and has served as a research professor at the University of Washington, Seattle. Dr. Boyer’s 35 years experience has included structural field schools, cross-section construction and balancing short courses, and consulting for several major oil companies. He received the Best Paper Award (Boyer & Elliott, 1982, AAPG Bulletin) from the Geological Society of America, is a Fellow of the GSA and has served as an associate editor of the Bulletin and Geology. Dr. Boyer is a member of AAPG, where he has also served as associate editor of the Bulletin, and was an AAPG Distinguished Lecturer (1992-93).

Independent Consultancy, Tacoma, Washington, USA

Training Offered

The seminar will utilize traverses to examine multiple thrust sheets exposed in Sun River Canyon, the famous Teton Anticline, and an outstanding example of an exposed fractured reservoir along a fault‐propagated fold in Mississippian carbonates as Swift Reservoir. Participants will examine the mechanics of fracturing, folding, and faulting in thrust belt terrains, identify and discuss new ideas regarding the geometry and kinematics of the development of thrust belts, compare seismic interpretation with outcrop examples, and analyze stratigraphic concepts which are essential in the exploration of thrust belt targets.